Venkat Eswarlu
Venkat Eswarlu

Venkat is an independent technology journalist and the founder of Techdows. He has been covering web browsers, Windows, and software news since 2009. His exclusive scoops on Chrome, Firefox, and Edge features have been cited by Forbes, TechCrunch, Wired, CNET, and other major publications.

How to disable Recommended Section in Windows 11 Start Menu

Microsoft gave Windows 11 a completely modern look right from Start Menu, Taskbar, File Explorer, context menus, Microsoft Store. The centered Start Menu by default displays recently added and open apps, files, and folders in the Recommended section under Pinned. You can disable or hide it if you don’t like files appearing whenever you press …

Thunderbird 91 adds New Account Setup Wizard w/ CalDAV support and Encryption

Thunderbird version 91 is coming with a new Account Setup Wizard. It lets you accomplish the following during the setup. The release also features other new features, improvements, and bug fixes. Thunderbird 91 Back in July, last year, Thunderbird v78 was released with OpenPGP support. Thunderbird, the free, open-source, and cross-platform email client is currently …

First look at Chrome’s Privacy Review feature

Google Chrome, the world’s most used browser has privacy issues. Google announced it will postpone FLoC until 2023 that will remove third-party cookies. After the Safety check, Google now integrating a subpage into Privacy and security settings that allow users to hunt for privacy issues in Chrome. The “Privacy  Review” feature is now available in …

Edge Web Widget now needs Ad Blocker to be disabled to work, but there is a better Workaround

Microsoft’s Web Widget gives quick access to information such as news headlines including Weather, Stock, Traffic, and Sports without the need to fully open the Edge browser. Recent Updates to Edge grayed out its Settings page. The page shows this message at the bottom: “installed extension(s) is controlling the web widget page” and asks to …

You can now use Firefox to Autofill other Apps on Android

Firefox on Android autofill website usernames and passwords, credit Card data and addresses, how about using Firefox itself as an Autofill App for other Apps if you’ve already installed and using popular Autofill Services such as Bitwarden, Microsoft Authenticator, and others on your Smartphone? Have a thought about it? This is real!, the feature has …